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FIGURES OF SPEECH

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    Identify the figure of speech (simile, metaphor, personification or hyperbole) used in each sentence.
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  • Love is blind.
    metaphor
    simile
    hyperbole
    personification
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  • Whosever room this is should be ashamed! You say it’s mine? Oh, dear, I knew it looked familiar!
    hyperbole
    irony
    simile
    idiom
  •  5
  • “Today was a very cold and bitter day, so I will go out and celebrate."
    symbolism
    metaphor
    hyperbole
    irony
  •  5
  • You are a thousand times a more proper man than she is a woman.
    Metaphor
    simile
    Hyperbole
    Irony
  •  5
  • It is dreams that have destroyed us.
    personification
    simile
    hyperbole
    metaphor
  •  5
  • Identify the story element: It was a chilly spring day in Chicago.
    characters
    plot
    setting
    theme
  •  5
  • Identify the story element: Friends are family we choose.
    theme
    setting
    plot
    characters
  •  5
  • Identify the conflict: hero vs. villain
    external
    limited
    internal
    omniscient
  •  5
  • Identify the POV: The narrator is a part of the story.
    second
    third omniscient
    first
    third limited
  •  5
  • Identify the POV: The reader is a part of the story.
    third omniscient
    second
    third limited
    first
  •  5
  • Identify the POV: The reader knows what EVERY character is thinking.
    first
    third omniscient
    second
    third limited
  •  5
  • Identify the POV: The narrator follows only one character.
    first
    second
    third limited
    third omniscient
  •  5
  • Identify the irony: I love doing assignments. They make my life exciting.
    verbal
    dramatic
    situational
  •  5
  • Identify the irony: The teacher breaks school rules.
    verbal
    dramatic
    situational
  •  5
  • Identify the irony: The main character is about to be rejected by his love interest.
    situational
    verbal
    dramatic
  •  5